Pablo Picasso
Subtitle: the interaction between collectors and exhibitions, 1899-1939
By: Enrique Mallen
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9781845199005
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Appreciation; Art; Exhibitions; Collectors and collecting; History
Description: This book explores the interaction between collectors, dealers and exhibitions in Pablo Picassos entire career. The former two often played a determining role in which artworks were included in expositions as well as their availability and value in the art market. The term collector/dealer must often be used in combination since the distinction between both is often unclear; Heinz Berggruen, for instance, identified himself primarily as a collector, although he also sold quite a few Picassos through his Paris gallery. On the whole, however, dealers bought more often than collectors; and they bought works by artists they were already involved with. While some dealers were above all professional gallery owners, most were mainly collectors who sporadically sold items from their collection.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-236) and index.
Table of contents: title: Early exhibitions; title: The move to Paris; title: Growing prestige; title: Rising prices; title: A time of renewal; title: Involvement in the theatre; title: The post-war market; title: The early 1920s; title: Reputation across the Atlantic; title: The sale of a masterpiece; title: First retrospective; title: The influence of surrealism; title: The American market; title: Retrospectives in Paris and Zürich; title: Crisis in Europe; title: The growing presence of New York; title: The war in Spain; title: The impact of fascism; title: The war period; title: Major New York retrospective.